Four Case Ishime Lacquer Inro with Shōki by Tatsuke Kōkyō (active 1818-1830)
The demon queller represented in takamakie and gold foil on the recto, the reverse with a large red seal and the signature
Signed tatsuke kōkyō beside a large seal tokufu. Early 19th century
Height: 6.8. cm
With a hako-netsuke with similar ground and gold takamakie leaves and a shibuichi ojime with Fukura Suzume in relief and engraved bamboo
Provenance:
WL Behrens (Joly catalogue, no. 1440, illustrated on pl. LI)
WW Winkworth
D&D Bess
C Greenfield (Eskenazi catalogue of the collection, no. 121, described as by Tatsuke Takamitsu, already attached to the present netsuke and ojime)
Exhibited:
Japan House, ‘The Magnificent Three’, New York, 1972 (no. 101 in the catalogue)
Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1980, ‘Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900’, (no. 121, fig. 130)
MR5283
